Down
Across
1. A great president who lead us in the Civil War
5. This is where immigrants arrived
2. Colony to the west of New Jersey
8. Dutch explorer who first sailed the river to
New Jersey’s east
3. West of this river grew in the early to mid 1800s
9. War fought between Americans over the
issue of slavery
4. This American general became our first president
10. This Italian was first to land in the New
World
6. Explorers of Louisiana Territory
7. A time of great manufacturing and factories
11. This woman was famous for leading the
Underground Railroad
12. This word means to rebuild
13. This constitution amendment/law freed
the slaves
14. This colony was one of the first to
become a state, our home state
Down Word Bank
15. This was found in what would become
California
Mississippi
Abraham-Lincoln
Pennsylvania Lewis-and-Clark
Industrial-Revolution
Washington
16. This war won America its freedom
Across Word Bank
Tubman
Civil-War
reconstruction Columbus
Ellis-Island
Henry-Hudson gold New-Jersey
Revolutionary
Emancipation-Proclamation
A. The California Gold Rush
B. Vasco de’ Balbo
reaches the Pacific Ocean
3.
1400
1.
2.
1650
D. The Civil War was fought
to end slavery
1776
4.
E. America’s fathers
create the Constitution
C. A time when Native
Americans lived alone from east
to west in both continents
5.
1840
6.
1865
F. Roger Williams settles in what
is now called Rhode Island
A. The Louisiana Purchase and
the exploring of Lewis and Clark
2.
1492
1.
1650
D. General Washington leading to
victory to end Revolutionary War
B. President Lincoln meeting C. Henry Hudson sailing up the
with two Civil War generals Hudson River for his first time
1776
3.
5.
1820
4.
E. Slaves escaping to freedom
on the Underground Railroad
6.
1865
F. William Penn settling the
colony of Pennsylvania
B. Former slaves vote for the
first time during America’s C. Explorers travel from Europe
A. General Lee surrenders to
to the Western Hemisphere
Reconstruction
General Grant to end the Civil War
4.
5.
3.
2.
6.
1500s
1492
1805
1820
1650
1865
1870s
1.
D. The Pilgrims colonies in
America
F. America was young country
E. Slaves escaping to freedom when the Louisiana Purchase
on the Underground Railroad
doubled its size
B. The Louisiana Purchase
A. Unfair child labor and
helps to double America’s
America's Industrial Revolution
size
2.
1492
16 00
1800
1840
4.
1.
3.
D. Gold is
found in
California
which
causes
millions to
move out
west
E. Christopher Columbus
arrives in the Caribbean
in 1492
C. Immigrants from Europe
arrive in America at Ellis Island
6.
5.
1880
1900
F. General Washington’s troops
suffering through Valley Forge
A. Before the Civil War, more and B. Colonies slowly grew along C. Airplanes used in war for the
more people traveled out west the East coast of North America first time, during World War I
1.
6.
5.
2.
1650
1850
1900
1915
1776
4.
3.
D. Kinetoscope, an early example of the
movies appears on the scene with
many other new types of technology
E. General Washington’s men
suffer through Valley Forge
F. Tens of thousands
immigrants enter America
by way of Ellis Island
A. The Louisiana Purchase
and the exploring of Lewis
and Clark
1780
1.
2.
1820
D. The Civil War is fought and
helps bring an end to slavery
B. Revolutionary War wins a young C. Harriet Tubman leads the
America its freedom from England
Underground Railroad
6.
3.
1860
4.
1880
5.
E. The first flight by
the Wright Brothers
The Wright Brothers
Airplane
1905
F. America expands out
west with the
Transcontinental Railroad
A. World War I is fought
1492
1.
2.
1778
D. President Lincoln gives his
Gettysburg Address
B. Terrorism from foreign
shores rips through America
1863
3.
1915
4.
E. Columbus discovers
North America
C. General Washington
crosses the Delaware
5.
1960
2012
6.
F. Terrorism from within as
Freedom Riders were bombed
A. America grows past the
Mississippi river
1.
2.
1600
1776
1860
1820
3.
D. The Civil War had Americans
fighting Americans
C. George Washington and
the birth of a Nation
B. World War I
4.
E. Working during the
Industrial Revolution
1880
5.
1915
6.
F. Sir Walter Raleigh was an
early explorer of Virginia
A. Eli Whitney and the
Cotton Gin
1650
1.
1790
2.
D. The Internet comes alive
B. Dr. King and Civil Rights
marchers protest racism
C. The Pilgrims have colonies
6.
5.
1820
3.
1905
4.
E. President Washington
swears in for his first term
1965
1995
F. Henry Ford’s Model T makes
cars affordable for all
A. General Grant and Lee
meet to end the Civil War
1.
2.
1780
1865
D. Personal Computers
(PCs) come to age
B. Freedom Riders
protest racism
3.
1945
E. George Washington and
America’s founding fathers
C. Terrorists attack the World
Trade Center on 9/11
4.
1960
5.
1985
F. The Atom Bomb
ends World War II
6.
2001
A. The Mercury rocket brings
Americas first astronaut into
space
1790
1.
B. Otto Lilienthal use of gliders
2.
1890
D. The Wright Brothers take flight
1903
3.
1950
4.
E. The Montgolfier
Brothers hot Air balloon
C. America’s shuttle docks with
the International Space Station
5.
1960
6.
2005
F. Chuck Yeager breaks
the sound barrier
A. Talking Movies hit America
1.
1802
2.
1861
B. Robots crawl on Mars
3.
C. Early trains in use
6.
5.
1890
1930
1950
2000
4.
D. Alexander Graham Bell
makes his first phone call
E. The Civil War rages on
F. Jackie Robinson
breaks the color
barrier in pro sports
A. Dr. Martin Luther King’s
famous “I have a Dream”
speech
1.
2.
1800
1860
D. Lewis and Clark explored the
great Northwest starting at the
mouth of the Mississippi
B. President Roosevelt led
America through the Great
Depression and World War II
Late
1800s
4.
3.
E. Abraham Lincoln was a great
president and self educated
C. Native Americans were
forced off their land and
placed on Reservations
6.
1920
1945
1963
5.
F. World War I was the war
to end all wars, but did not!
A. The end of the Industrial
Revolution saw children working 10
hour days
2.
1.
1880
1930
D. Personal Computers
(PCs) came of age
B. Rosa Parks stood up for
her rights by remaining
seated
3.
4.
1950
1940
C. Airplanes became an
accepted way to travel
E. The Depression hit hard for
millions of Americans
F. Over 12 million people
were exterminated during
the Holocaust.
5.
1960
6.
1980
A. World War II
1840
1.
2.
1890
D. Thomas Edison Lights up
America and the world.
B. Baby Boomers and the
first TV generation
1920
4.
3.
F. World War I
C. Walking on the moon
became a possibility
5.
1950
6.
1970
E. Telegraphs take over America
A. Dr. King stands
up for equal rights
1.
1860
2.
1890
D. Karl Benz’s first car
B. Silent movies
are a big hit
1920
3.
1930
4.
E. Civil War rages on
C. Japanese attack Pearl
Harbor to bring America into
World War II
6.
5.
1965
F. Skyscrapers
grow in
America
A. The Louisiana Purchase and
the exploring of Lewis and Clark
2.
1945
1.
1650
B. President Lincoln meeting C. Henry Hudson sailing up the
with two Civil War generals Hudson River for the first time
1776
3.
5.
1820
4.
D. General Washington leading to E. Slaves escaping to freedom
victory to end Revolutionary War on the Underground Railroad
6.
1865
F. William Penn settling the
colony of Pennsylvania
A. The Louisiana Purchase and
the exploring of Lewis and Clark
2.
1492
1.
1650
B. President Lincoln meeting C. Henry Hudson sailing up the
with two Civil War generals Hudson River for the first time
1776
3.
5.
1820
4.
D. General Washington leading to E. Slaves escaping to freedom
victory to end Revolutionary War on the Underground Railroad
6.
1865
F. William Penn settling the
colony of Pennsylvania
1. On the lined paper, label the first as TL – 1.
2. For 1 – 6 on this slide, list the accomplishments in the correct order along with the
approximate years.
3. Continue with TL 2 – 16.
4. Use the notes from class to complete the written work of slides 1 – 16.
5. If time allows, complete the crossword puzzle.